Stream 1 - Telus Communications
Stream 2 - Telus Communications
Phase 1 – Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) was released October 15, 2020 and closed on November 13, 2020. Respondents were qualified based on high-level mandatory evaluation criteria, which included vendor experience requirements, references, and was rated on a pass/fail basis with a consensus compliance determination. The ITQ process included 2 separate qualifying streams under the same ITQ process. Respondents were allowed to submit for either Stream 1 Cisco and/or Stream 2 Avaya. For both Streams, respondents were allowed to provide equivalent products, to be further evaluated at solicitation.
SSC received 9 responses from Allstream, Bell, Combat Networks, Connex, IBM, Telus and Teramach.
- Stream 1 Cisco (4 pre-qualified): Allstream, Telus, Bell, Teramach
- Stream 2 Avaya (4 pre-qualified): Telus, Combat, Bell, Connex
- Non-Compliant: IBM
Phase 2 – Invitation to Tender (ITT) was released to pre-qualified respondents for Stream 1 and Stream 2 on April 12, 2021 and closed on June 30, 2021.
Phase 3 - Contract Award - The basis of selection will be the responsive bid with the highest Point Score (PS). The responsive bid with the highest combined rating of technical score, financial score and IBP score will be recommended for award of Contract.
Stream 1 - Telus Communications was the compliant bidder with the highest Point Score as per the evaluation methodology.
Stream 2 - Telus Communications was the compliant bidder with the highest Point Score as per the evaluation methodology.